Pampas: a wide, grassy plains region in central Argentina
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Pampas: a wide, grassy plains region in central Argentina Estuary: a partially enclosed body of water where salty seawater and freshwater mix soil exhaustion: the loss of soil nutrients needed by plants favelas: hugh slums that surround some Brazilian cities encomienda: a system in which Spanish monarchs gave land to Spanish colonists in the Americas; landowners could force Indians living there to work the land gauchos: Argentine cowboys Mercosur: a trade organization that includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and two associate members (Bolivia and Chile) Landlocked: completely surrounded by land, with no direct access to the ocean Chapter 12 Vocabulary, Atlantic South America Strait: a narrow passageway that connects two large bodies of water selvas: the thick tropical rain forest of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia Peru Current: a cold ocean current off the coast of western South America El Niño: an ocean and weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean in which ocean waters become warmer Quinoa: a native plant of South America’s Andean region that yields nutritious seeds quipus: complicated systems of knots tied on strings of various colors, used by the Inca of south America to record information viceroy: the governor of a colony creoles: American born descendants of Europeans in Spanish South America coup: a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people Quechua: the language of South America’s Inca; still spoken in the region Junta: a small group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power Directory: pictures -> Palacios -> 2nd%20Six%20Weeks pictures -> Turkey sector Operational Programme Environment and Climate Change pictures -> The Greater Piedmont Chapter Welcomes you to the Annual Waterfowl Conservation Dinner and Auction September 24th, 2015 pictures -> Public Health Nurse Leaders Program Selects 25 Participants pictures -> Earl C. Wyatt Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Emerging Capability & Prototyping pictures -> - pictures -> Present: Jenny Voss, Shelly Justison, Nan Karl, Steve Franklin, Linda Pevnick, Jodi Hogue pictures -> Judson Preschool Director Job Description pictures -> Hotels in atlanta pictures -> Nancy was in the 2016 edition of 2nd%20Six%20Weeks -> Sirocco: a hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the Mediterranean to Europe Download 5.74 Kb. Share with your friends:
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